Meet Tristé Noelle Lieteau, wife of Dr. Ian Smith. After dating for 14 years, Smith finally popped the question to Triste with a with a 6.4-carat diamond ring while vacationing in New Zealand. The couple married in 2005. They have two children.(From left, Dr. Ian Smith, cousin Chad, son Dashiell, wife Triste, and son Declan)

Tristé Noelle Lieteau, a health care executive, is the director of government relations and an associate general counsel at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. A graduate of Hampton University, Triste received a law degree from the University of Chicago and a medical degree from Harvard University.

Dr. Ian Smith is currently the medical/diet expert on VH1’s highly-rated “Celebrity Fit Club,” the creator and founder of The 50 Million Pound Challenge and a medical contributor on the nationally syndicated television show “Rachael Ray.” Dr. Smith is also the host of his own nationally syndicated radio show “Health Watch” on American Urban Radio Networks. He graduated from Harvard and received a master’s in science education from Columbia. Smith received his medical degree from Chicago.